Rotatable nocking attachment

ABSTRACT

A unique nocking device to assist archers in pulling and releasing the bow string of an archery bow. The nocking device has a pair of inner members firmly secured to the bow string, and a pair of outer members rotatable upon the inner members.

Umted States Patent 1191 1111 3,756,215 Black 1 Sept. 4, 1973 [54]ROTATABLE NOCKING ATTACHMENT 873,561 12/1907 Langer 287/96 3,010,447 ll196i R [751 lnvenw Rich"! Bhck, 3,375,315 4/1968 N232}: .v 124 30 A x[73] Assignee: Remington Arms Company, Inc.,

Bndgepon Conn Primary Examiner-Richard C. Pinkham [22] Filed: Sept. 7,1971 Assistant ExaminerWilliam R. Browne 1 pp No.2 177,960 AttorneyJohnH. Lewis, Jr. et aL [52] US. Cl 124/30 A [51] Int. Cl. F4lb 5/00 [57]ABSTRACT [58] Field of Search 124/30 A, 23, 24, A unique necking deviceto assist archers in pulling and 124/25 30 35; 156/297 423; 287/96releasing the bow string of an archery bow. The neck- 100 ing device hasa pair of inner members firmly secured to the bow string, and a pair ofouter members rotat- [56] References and able upon the inner members.

UNITED STATES PATENTS 714,813 7 Claims, 5 Drawing Figures 12/1902 Mason287/96 I II PATENTEDSEP 4 ms 3.756215 Inna" iii/4M6 ROTATABLE NOCKINGATTACHMENT This invention pertains to an archery assist device and moreparticularly to a bow string apparatus for assisting, in drawing andreleasing, a bow string.

Three major problems are encounteredby the archer in drawing andreleasing the bow string. They are:

a. painful loading and skiving of the finger tips;

b. twisting of the string relative to the arrow; and

c. erratic release of the string.

There have been several devices offered which have been addressed tothese problems. However, none of the devices meets all of the problemsin the manner which this invention does. An example of a device whichappears to be the same as this invention is that shown in the patent ofS. J. Novak, U. S. Pat. No. 3,375,815, issued Apr. 2, 1968.

Novak discloses a tubular member which fastens to the bow string and isdesigned to distribute the force exerted uponthe fingers of the archerwhen drawing the bow string. In addition, the larger smoother surfacepresented by this tubular member reduces the skiving effect upon thefinger tips upon release of the bow string. However, Novaks device doesnot reduce bow string twisting and erratic string release.

Further, although Novaks device may, at first glance, appear to bestructurally the same as this invention, there are structurallysignificant differences. This invention includes a. free-wheelingrollers;

b. a means of coupling the arrow to the non-rotating member of thedevice; and

c. a means of applying the non-rotating member of the device to thebowstring without passing the device over the end loops of the bowstring.

The present invention was conceived to eliminate all the aforementionedstring-drawing-and-releasing difficulties in a new way.

Briefly, the invention comprises an outer sleeve disposed over the innertubular member, and so constructed as to rotate upon the inner member.The inner member is so constructed as to be coupled to the arrow nockwhen the arrow is in place on the bow string. The outer member willrotate freely on the inner member when the arrow is in place withouttransmitting the rotary motion to the string.

It is an object of this invention to provide a means of eliminating theneed for protective finger gear resulting from bow string cutting orskiving when drawing or releasing the arrow.

It is another object of this invention to prevent twisting of the bowstring when drawing or releasing said bow string.

It is but another object of this invention to prevent erratic release ofthe bow string.

These and other objects of this invention will become apparent and willbe better understood with reference to the detailed description anddrawings in which:

FIG. 1 is a cutaway side view of the invention; and FIG. 2 is anexploded view of the invention of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a cutaway view of the invention of FIG. 1 taken along lines3-3;

FIG. 4 is a cutaway view of the invention of FIG. 1 taken along lines4-4; and

FIG. 5 is a end view of an arrow nock accommodated by the invention.

Generally speaking, the invention contemplates attaching to a bow stringa tubular member having a rotatable sheathing thereon. When therotatable sheathing is fingered on release or draw of the bow string,the bow string will not twist.

Now referring to FIGS. 1 through 4, a tubular member 2 is attached to abow string l.

The tubular member 2 has a slot 3 for slipping over the bow string. Twosleeve members, 4 and 5, respectively, are placed over the tubularmember 2. Sleeve 4 has a slot 6, and sleeve 5 has a slot 7, for slippingthem over the bow string. Tubular member 2 has an upper abutment 8 and alower abutment 9. The upper abutment keeps the sleeve 4 from movingdownwward, and the lower abutment keeps the sleeve 5 from moving upward.The abutments are spaced a distance d" apart from each other. The nock20 of an arrow will fit within space d as shown in FIG. 5. The tubularmember 2 has a width b within the space d. The width b" is the samewidth as the bow string 1, so that the nock 20 will fit upon tubularmember 2.

After sleeves 4 and 5 are fitted to the tubular member 2, outer sleevesl0 and ll,respectively, are slipped over the bow string 1, and areplaced upon the inner sleeves 4 and 5, respectively. Sleeves l0 and 11are free to rotate upon inner sleeves 4 and 5. Crimper 12 is thenslipped over the bow string and crimped in place as shown. This crimperprevents sleeve 10 from moving upward. Similarly, crimper 14 is placedon the opposite end of the device and crimped in place to prevent sleeve11 from moving downward.

When the nock 20 of the arrow is placed within space d (FIG. 5), thiscouples the tubular member 2 to the arrow nock 20, thereby preventing;rotation of the tubular member or the bow string 1. The fingers of thearcher are placed upon sleeves 10 and/or 11. Since the outer sleevesrotate with respect to the inner structural members and the bow string,no twisting will occur in the bow string when the bow string is drawn orreleased.

Of course, there may be many other ways in which this invention may beconstructed, and it is therefore deemed that the disclosed embodiment asrepresented by the drawings is merely exemplary of the invention whichis presented by the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

l. A nocking device for a bow string of an archery bow, said nockingdevice, comprising:

a tubular member attachable to a bow string;

a first inner sleeve member secured to said tubular member;

a second inner sleeve member secured to said tubular member a distanceapart from said first sleeve member that will accommodate a nocking ofan arrow;

a first outer sleeve member rotatably secured upon said first innersleeve member; and

a second outer sleeve member rotatably secured upon said second innersleeve member.

2. A nocking device for a bow string of an archery bow, said nockingdevice comprising:

an inner sleeve member securable to a bow string having at least aportion of its diameter sufficient to receive an arrow nock;

a first outer sleeve member rotatably secured upon said inner sleevemember; and

a second outer sleeve member rotatably secured upon said inner sleevemember a distance apart from said first outer sleeve member that willaccommodate said arrow neck.

3. A nocking device for a bowstring of an archery bow, said nockingdevice comprising a tubular means for attachment to a bowstring andincluding an arrow nock engaging means for receiving an arrow nock, anda sleeve means rotatably secured to said tubular means for preventingrotation of a bow string during a drawing operation by a user.

4. A nocking device as in claim 3 wherein said tubular means has endportions and an outer diameter, said sleeve means comprises a firsttubular sleeve positioned around one of said end portions and a secondtubular sleeve positioned around an other of said end portions, each ofsaid tubular sleeves having an inner diameter greater than the outerdiameter of said tubular means.

5. A nocking device as in claim 4 including inner sleeve means at eachof the end portions of said tubular means for engaging said tubularsleeves in freely rotating relationship. I

6. A nocking device as in claim 5 wherein each of said tubular sleeveshas an inner surface and each of said inner sleeve means has an outersurface for engaging the inner surface of one.

7. A nocking device as in claim 3 including a first crimper meansattachable to a bowstring adjacent each end portion of the tubularmember for limiting the movement of said first tubular sleeve and asecond crimper means attachable to a bowstring adjacent said other endportion of the tubular means for limiting the movement of said secondtubular sleeve.

1. A nocking device for a bow string of an archery bow, said nockingdevice, comprising: a tubular member attachable to a bow string; a firstinner sleeve member secured to said tubular member; a second innersleeve member secured to said tubular member a distance apart from saidfirst sleeve member that will accommodate a nocking of an arrow; a firstouter sleeve member rotatably secured upon said first inner sleevemember; and a second outer sleeve member rotatably secured upon saidsecond inner sleeve member.
 2. A nocking device for a bow string of anarchery bow, said nocking device comprising: an inner sleeve membersecurable to a bow string having at least a portion of its diametersufficient to receive an arrow nock; a first outer sleeve memberrotatably secured upon said inner sleeve member; and a second outersleeve member rotatably secured upon said inner sleeve member a distanceapart from said first outer sleeve member that will accommodate saidarrow nock.
 3. A nocking device for a bowstring of an archery bow, saidnocking device comprising a tubular means for attachment to a bowstringand including an arrow nock engaging means for receiving an arrow nock,and a sleeve means rotatably secured to said tubular means forpreventing rotation of a bow string during a drawing operation by auser.
 4. A nocking device as in claim 3 wherein said tubular means hasend portions and an outer diameter, said sleeve means comprises a firsttubular sleeve positioned around one of said end portions and a secondtubular sleeve positioned around an other of said end portions, each ofsaid tubular sleeves having an inner diameter greater tHan the outerdiameter of said tubular means.
 5. A nocking device as in claim 4including inner sleeve means at each of the end portions of said tubularmeans for engaging said tubular sleeves in freely rotating relationship.6. A nocking device as in claim 5 wherein each of said tubular sleeveshas an inner surface and each of said inner sleeve means has an outersurface for engaging the inner surface of one.
 7. A nocking device as inclaim 3 including a first crimper means attachable to a bowstringadjacent each end portion of the tubular member for limiting themovement of said first tubular sleeve and a second crimper meansattachable to a bowstring adjacent said other end portion of the tubularmeans for limiting the movement of said second tubular sleeve.